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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2022-04-20T04:42:19Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="3117" pageid="4781" ns="0" title="140th Rapid Response Group" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Park Kraken" timestamp="2022-06-01T14:27:55Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="24880" prev="24879" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3116" pageid="4781" ns="0" title="140th Rapid Response Group" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Park Kraken" timestamp="2022-06-01T14:27:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="24879" prev="24877" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3115" pageid="5582" ns="0" title="Sturdy" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Park Kraken" timestamp="2022-06-01T14:21:20Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="24878" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3114" pageid="4781" ns="0" title="140th Rapid Response Group" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Park Kraken" timestamp="2022-06-01T14:20:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="24877" prev="24876" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3113" pageid="4781" ns="0" title="140th Rapid Response Group" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Park Kraken" timestamp="2022-06-01T14:20:15Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="24876" prev="24875" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3112" pageid="4781" ns="0" title="140th Rapid Response Group" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Park Kraken" timestamp="2022-06-01T14:19:20Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="24875" prev="20212" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3111" pageid="5581" ns="6" title="File:MC40B.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Park Kraken" timestamp="2022-06-01T13:48:36Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="3110" pageid="1703" ns="6" title="File:Tgcbanner.jpg" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Atreyu" timestamp="2022-04-20T04:52:11Z" comment="Reverted to version as of 04:51, 20 April 2022" />
      <item logid="3109" pageid="1703" ns="6" title="File:Tgcbanner.jpg" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Atreyu" timestamp="2022-04-20T04:51:46Z" comment="Reverted to version as of 21:21, 3 September 2008" />
      <item logid="3108" pageid="1703" ns="6" title="File:Tgcbanner.jpg" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Atreyu" timestamp="2022-04-20T04:51:17Z" comment="Located the original TGC banner and have uploaded" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>